Chapter 131: Chapter 130: Visit from the Investigation Bureau
Huang Hongtian held a pen in his hand, the tip dragging a black line across the white paper. He watched it in silence, focusing on the line for quite a while before he spoke up, “How was it discovered?”
The staff mber presented several docunts and, after a mont of deliberation, said,
“There were also coincidental factors.”
“You had us increase the attention level for so of the civilian Awakeners, and among those, the attention level for the top Hunter ‘Xing Jing Lei’ is just below the ‘Fireline’, at the first tier.”
“While monitoring, an investigator from Ann City discovered that… um, this Xing Jing Lei and that Black Blade, entered the sa hotel.”
“This could also be due to their friendship; there is no definitive evidence yet, but you did say to ‘hypothesize boldly, verify carefully’, right?”
Huang Hongtian flipped through the docunts; the content was still scarce, with only a few leads pointed out.
For instance, Pei’s Corporation is setting up a security company, and there are nurous business dealings that involve a company in Baijiang City, a company under An Jianyou’s na.
The tall woman in Silver City has even less information, complete mystery, but her thods are extraordinarily magical.
Just like Black Blade was when he first appeared.
The information gathered so far has no concrete proof, but the likelihood is very high for Xing Jing Lei and Pei Hongjing… Xing Jing Lei’s last travel record was getting off the train at Shuize South Station.
The tall woman, Yiluo Xi, is currently just a collection of so leads.
Wild guesses.
But,
Once Huang Hongtian thought about it carefully, whenever all the unscientific and exaggerated incidents are connected to Fireline, it seems… they were never unreasonable.
The possibility is significant, no need for boldness.
Indeed, what he now knows about Fireline has more than doubled compared to before.
It’s just, this isn’t the kind of understanding he wanted!
Director Huang tapped lightly on the desk, contemplating for a long while, “The investigation must continue, but rember, everything must be within the scope of regular thods. Whether or not it is, more or less, isn’t so important now.”
“Just talk directly to Fireline, to that ntor.”
“I will pay a personal visit, and besides that…”
This was a house call, and definitely, he couldn’t go alone; he’d have to select the appropriate personnel from the bureau to go to Fireline’s stronghold.
It wasn’t just a visit; if there was a chance, he also wanted to have a deeper exchange and learn.
Given that…
Huang Hongtian marked a few nas.
Those skilled in communication, those with formidable strength… since it was an exchange, strength was very important, and he couldn’t let Fireline look down on them; he picked so quite impressive masters.
After thinking it over, he also circled Zhou Hai and Bai Xue from Baijiang Sub-Bureau.
…
In the secret realm of Fireline, the first level of the base.
Clang—
Xing Jing Lei was sent flying, rolling twice before crashing into the energy wall, grimacing in pain.
“No more fighting, no more, you’re simply a monster.”
“Logically, you’re wearing weights, and your speed isn’t much stronger than mine, so how co I just can’t avoid it?”
Xing Jing Lei didn’t understand.
He couldn’t defeat Black Blade yesterday; to be precise, he was bound to lose within ten moves during their sparring, and if it were a fight to the death, he might not last even three to five moves.
Today, Black Blade went through his third Awakening, his speed and strength surged, and although Xing Jing Lei wanted to spar, he didn’t want to get hit, so he suggested Black Blade wear the training weights specially provided by the training ground, a weighted vest and wristbands.
Black Blade actually agreed.
And he wore them especially heavy; they had asured their speed at the hyper-speed track, and if they burst at full speed, he was faster than Black Blade with weights on.
But, he was still completely overwheld and beaten without any spirit to fight back.
Moreover, Black Blade, this powerhouse, didn’t use all his Awakened Ability.
“Which level has your sword technique reached?”
He couldn’t help but ask.
His boxing technique was expert-level, his delivery of force and skills intricate, with countless variations and even he often admired it, but in front of Black Blade, he felt as if he were a child learning to walk, full of flaws. Even with a speed advantage, the entire battle was completely controlled by Black Blade, following his rhythm.
Tightly held in control, unable to break free!
When he would lose and in what posture seed to be all within Black Blade’s manipulation.
More terrifying than yesterday, countless tis more so!
“Peak Mastery.”
Black Blade murmured and then removed the weights, his hand reaching for the handle of the knife as he slowly pulled the massive cleaver out.
The speed wasn’t fast, yet a bright flash of the blade burst forth, filling the spacious training ground and lingering for a long ti.
Dozens of ters away, Xing Jing Lei’s eyes widened as he touched his cheek.
He only felt a sharp aura graze his face.
If he were directly in its path, he feared his entire being, down to his spirit, would be cleaved in two.
Far too terrifying.
Unsswithable!
You’re the boss.
However, Xing Jing Lei still couldn’t control his curiosity, inquiring about the changes in Black Blade’s third Awakening Ability.
When Black Blade sparred with him just now, his ability was still at yesterday’s level.
Obviously, they had let loose.
He added, “This isn’t a sparring match, just testing our abilities… go easy.”
As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible storm surged around Black Blade, and a terrifying intent to kill overwheld the area.
Awakened Ability: Chilling Killing Intent!
Xing Jing Lei had experienced it before,
But this ti was different; the intangible killing intent felt tangible, gripping his throat, painting his vision with a faint blood-red hue. Shadowy figures wielding blades charged at him with a deadly intent to kill as if he were in the midst of a blood-soaked battlefield, soldiers launching their assault on him like waves crashing in a tide.
It was even more terrifying than the Evil Tide!
“Huff~ Huff~”
Gasping for breath, Xing Jing Lei, with his ability and resistance, would not simply kneel before this killing intent, but he too trembled all over, his strength drained by six or seven-tenths.
Those who were slightly weaker probably would have fallen in droves as soon as that cold killing intent spread.
Between breaths, the terrible killing intent gradually receded.
The invisible force didn’t dissipate but lingered around Black Blade, slowly turning into a faint black color visible to the naked eye.
Gathering, compressing; gathering, compressing.
Xing Jing Lei’s eyes widened as he watched the killing intent churn, transforming from the intangible into the tangible, inch by inch creeping over the black clothes, slowly forming a suit of black armor gleaming with a dark shine.
Beneath the luster, an enthralling killing intent.
“What’s this move called?”
“You haven’t nad it yet? How about calling it Killing Intent Armor, cool, huh!”
Xing Jing Lei exclaid in surprise and envy.
But Black Blade did not join him in his astonishnt; he turned his head and went back to training on his own.
Co on!
You are already so strong yet still work so hard, are you trying to grind to death!
Damn it!
Xing Jing Lei punched a special punching bag repeatedly, distorting and deforming it, sending ripple after ripple of shockwaves in all directions, the training ground filled with endless thuds and bangs.
Suddenly,
“Ding-dong!”
“Ding-dong!”
The two of them, imrsed in non-stop training, heard a chanical notification sound in their minds.
…
“The primary personnel for this reception are tentatively set to be Pei Hongjing, An Jianyou, and Black Blade.”
Of course,
Black Blade was silent and reserved, An Jianyou was just a female college student, a rich girl, so the real responsibility for hosting, communicating, engaging in in-depth interaction, and trading with the Bureau of Investigation would still fall on Pei Hongjing.
They were not the only three; Fang You selected so other people from the peripheral staff to form this reception team.
“If these individuals perform well, they can serve as the basis for establishing a managent departnt.”
“With Xiao Huan handling internal affairs, organizing tasks, classifying resources, and arranging personnel, everything is in perfect order, and there is even spare capacity to do other work.”
“But the torch must eventually make contact with external forces; we need to establish offices, and this is just the beginning.”
He was also looking forward to interacting with the Bureau of Investigation.
Cooperation would be beneficial to both parties, with the Bureau of Investigation and the special forces also having things that the torch did not.
…
The following day,
Early in the morning, several high-end yet discreet official cars left Shuize City, driving towards the once-popular upscale resort outside the city.
“As expected, Pei Hongjing is indeed a mber of the torch, and perhaps the entire Pei Corporation is as well.”
They had contacted An Jianyou the day before, asking her to pass on the ssage.
Soon, they received the exhilarating news that the suprely mysterious torch instructor, who was as elusive as the Divine Dragon, had agreed to et with them!
The location was not the office in Baijiang City but the torch training base outside Shuize City.
“This training base, according to the information we’ve collected, was only recently remodeled, so it’s certainly not the torch’s real headquarters, but it probably is one of the torch’s more important bases, I guess.”
“Having the eting here is a good start,” the bespectacled man said.
He was Huang Hongtian’s deputy, an important figure within the Bureau of Investigation, and also a standout amongst the special-grade investigators.
The torch was an organization that stood vigilant in the shadows, silently battling against Mysterious Evil; composed of warriors that commanded respect. Considering this, the personnel Huang had selected to accompany him this ti was made up almost entirely of Awakeners, who were the special-grade investigators fighting on the front lines.
This was more likely to earn the torch’s favor and allow for deeper interaction.
On the car, Director Huang spoke, “Since the torch has disclosed this training base to us, it’s very likely that they will allow us to tour it.”
“The purpose of this visit, aside from establishing formal contact with the torch, is mainly to exchange and learn.”
“You all are the best investigators of my bureau. If you have the opportunity this ti, you must seize it firmly.”
In the midst of the conversation,
Mountains and buildings shrouded in a light mist appeared far ahead in everyone’s line of sight.
The torch base was drawing near.
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